simplification

A thought for Easter -

Some offices (where they don’t have enough work to do) have a board on which they gleefully record all the latest ‘management speak’ bullshit words / phrases.

Perhaps we should have one on Rightsnet for welfare reform ‘simplification’ bullshit from the DWP.

Legacy Benefits

Claimant Commitment

Benefit Unit

Extended Benefit Unit

Conditionality

Work-Focused Health-Related Assessment

Work Preparation

Work Availability Requirement

Work Search Requirement

Conditionality Threshold

Personalised Conditionality Requirements

Regular and substantial caring responsibilities

Assessment Period

Compliance Period

Core Rent

Cap Rent

Housing Costs Contribution

Zero Earnings Rule

Civil Penalty

Real Time Reporting System

Under-Occupancy Deduction

Benefit Cap

Minimum Income Floor

Responsible Carer

Relevant Carer

Friend or family carer

......your turn…..

One of my all time favourites.  “Footfall” and “throughput”.

Definition: the amount of people that use a Jobcentre Plus office at any given time.  It’s actually more pervasive than the DWP as many public and private organizations use such nauseating jargon.

‘black box contracts’  (that’s what Jobcentre Plus call the contracts with Work Programme providers).